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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Liars & Thieves (2024)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Melodic death/black metal band from Hagen in Westphalia, formed in 2020 and pairing melodic hooks with extreme metal aggression. Their dual-genre approach blends accessibility with the darkness of black and death metal.
Death/thrash metal band from Nottingham, formed in 2023 and merging death metal's brutality with thrash metal's high-speed attack. Their sound sits at the aggressive crossroads where these two genres collide.
Melodic death/thrash metal and metalcore band from Sant Cugat del Valles near Barcelona, formed in 2022 and blending multiple aggressive styles. Their versatile approach draws from the full spectrum of modern extreme metal.
Baltimore death/thrash metal outfit Kryptic has been crafting their brand of muscular, riff-driven extremity since 2014. Drawing on the mid-Atlantic's historically strong metal tradition, they split the difference between thrash's velocity and death metal's crushing weight with practiced efficiency.
Death metal band from Malaga on the Costa del Sol, active since 2014 and delivering a decade of brutal extremity from Spain's Mediterranean coast. Their sound channels death metal's visceral power beneath the Andalusian sun.
Brutal Death Metal from McAllen.
Exploring the depths of black metal and death metal, this Italian outfit from Monfalcone (Gorizia) has been refining their craft since 2020. Their sound hinges on second-wave ferocity filtered through modern production sensibilities, delivered with unwavering intensity.
Seattle's Kryptoxik Mortality formed in 2023 with a focused mandate: to deliver slam and brutal death metal at maximum density. Their approach is blunt and physical, built on the cavernous low-end and percussive slam breakdowns the genre demands from its practitioners.
Death/doom metal band from Helsinki, active since 2011 and delivering crushing, cavernous heaviness. Their name's deliberate misspelling of "crypts" signals the subterranean, tomb-like atmosphere of their death-doom.
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